Container dispenser



J y 1950 G. LIEB CONTAINER DISPENSER Filed Sept. 29, 1947 INVENTOR.6:04;: {/55 ATTORNEY Patented July 18, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE2,516,061 I CONTAINER. DISPENSER George Lieb, Newark, N. J.

Application September 29, 1947, Serial No. 776,695

1 Claim. 1

One of the more popular forms of packaging foods and beverages incurrent use is to fill containers or cans therewith and thenhermetically seal the same. Such containers or cans are quite popularlymade of metals and in convenient sizes for handling.

The device of the instant invention is a dispenser designed for use inconnection with such containers. The device enables the consumer torapidly puncture the container at spaced points simultaneously, and todispense the contents thereof.

The device of the invention embodies certain novel and highlyadvantageous features of construction, which make the same highlypractical and eificient in operation.

The foregoing and other advantageous objects of the invention willbecome apparent from a consideration of the drawings and the descriptionwhich follow. The drawings illustrate one of many possible forms of theinvention.

It will be apparent, from a consideration of said drawings, and thefollowing description, that the invention may be embodied in other formssuggested thereby, and such other forms as come within the scope of theappended claims are to be considered within the scope and purview of theinstant invention.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a container to which the dispenser of myinvention is shown applied,

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the dispenser,

Fig. 3 is a plan view of a blank from which the spout member of saiddispenser is formed,

Fig. 4 is an elevational view of the spout member assembled from saidblank, with a center blade member medially secured therein,

Fig. 5 is an end elevational view, taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 4,

Fig, 6 is a fragmentary plan view, taken on line 66 of Fig. 2, and

Fig. '7 is an elevational view of a center blade member positioned inthe spout member of my invention as shown in Fig. 5.

The device of my invention may be made of any suitable material and ofany convenient size. The drawings illustrate a practical form for use inconnection with one of the standard sizes of containers, the latterbeing indicated by the reference character C. The dispenser comprises apair of arm members iii and II which are pivotally secured together asat 2, at a point dividing the same into long grip portions it and M,which may be suitably curled for facility of use, said grip portionsbeing adapted to be conveniently grasped in one hand, as will becomeapparent from a consideration of the drawings. The pivot l2 furtherdivides the arms into the shorter jaw ends l5 and it, one of which isprovided with a piercing vent prong H which may be secured to or formedintegral therewith. The other jaw member is provided with a spout memberl8 which may be secured thereto in any convenient or desired manner. Thespout member is preferably formed from the blank shown in Fig. 3, saidblank being cut to define upper spaced triangular walls 49 and I9 andlateral flanges 20, 20'. The blank is formed up as shown in Fig. 4 sothat the upper walls are in spaced parallel relation and the flanges 293and 20' are in registry, thus defining the tubular body portion 2ihaving a depending lip 2|. Center blade 22 provided with a pointed upperend 23 is secured between the walls 19 and E9 with the pointed end 23projecting above said walls. The spout member 58 thus defines agenerally tubular body bisected at the upper end thereof by the pointedend .23 of the blade 21.

In operation, the device is opened by separating the grip portions Itand It and is then clamped upon the container C, as, for example, asshown in Fig. 1, adjacent one end of the container. In this oneoperation, the piercing vent prong i1 will penetrate the wall of thecontainer at one point, embodying itself therein. Said prong ispreferably provided with an aperture II to assure the maintenance of anair vent. At a diametrically opposite point, the pointed end 23 of thecenter blade 22 of the spout is will pierce the wall of the containerand crack the same, and, as the spout is moved inwardly in the containerwall responsive to the pressure exerted by the user upon the gripportions l3 and M, the material of the container .wall adjacent thepoint at which the same has been pierced by the pointed end 23 of thespout blade, will be rolled back along the tapered walls l9, l9 forminga seal interiorly of the container, with the result that the contents ofthe container will be necessarily directed into the spout through theopen upper end 24 thereof and thence out along the lip 2 l thereof, asshown in Fig. 1.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

A container dispenser comprising a pair of arm members secured togetherand provided with jaw ends, an apertured air vent prong secured to oneof the jaw members and a spout secured to the other jaw member, saidspout comprising a tubu- 3 4 lar body portion through which the contentsof UNITED STATES PATENTS the container may be dispensed when the con-Number Name Date tainer is pierced by the spout, Said spout being 2 025450 Higbee 24 1935 provided at the upper end thereof with spaced i 5 575Reed 1937 triangular Walls and having a depending lip p 5 2:107 54 VailFeb 933 tion, a blade secured medially of the spout ben tween the upperspaced walls thereof, and a, point- FOREIGN PATENTS ed end on said bladeprojecting above said. walls. mbe Country Date GEORGE LIEB. 327,073Germany Oct. 8, 1920 REFERENCES CITED 10 The following references are ofrecord in the file of this patent:

